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antharrison on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523&page=2#post-18031
Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:13:19 +0000antharrison18031@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>On a related theme here is my favourite sign, snapped on my phone in KFC in Leicester</p>
<p><img src="http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g24/antharrison/Picture1.jpg">
</p>sauce on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523&page=2#post-17986
Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:14:59 +0000sauce17986@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>Jenni, ta. You sure they are bees, not wasps? </p>
<p>That's about it, Quaz. I'm thinking of doing a paint job on mine but we can't agree what.
</p>Quaz on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523&page=2#post-17978
Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:13:52 +0000Quaz17978@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>I had a cr*ppy old red nissan micra as a runabout for years, but we told the kids it was dads "sports car". Hence the often heard phrase "Dad, can we go in the sports car?". Had to get rid rid of it last year because it was cr*p and my son had begun to twig it, but it was very cheap and cost next to nothing as a 2nd car. Get one up to 70 and it starts to behave almost as alarmingly as a 2cv used to at 50, which brings back memories. And you can skid it around in the snow and ice for kicks knowing that you can throw it away if you break it.
</p>theumpire on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523&page=2#post-17955
Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:15:35 +0000theumpire17955@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>They wouldn't have been GM bees, would they? That would put a whole new slant on the matter.
</p>rickwestwell on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523&page=2#post-17939
Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:19:55 +0000rickwestwell17939@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>She breaks for rainbows.
</p>Hunter F. Thompson on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523&page=2#post-17931
Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:19:17 +0000Hunter F. Thompson17931@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>These are very nice, if I might allow myself to say so, Mr/Mrs Aunt.</p>
<p><strong>Caution Grebes</strong><br />
Should we warn the grebes?</p>
<p>Caution, Plague Spores in Transit</p>
<p><strong>Alluvial Deposits on Board</strong><br />
This is very NuLab 'elf 'n' sayfty. It has a ring of one of the knaves in Shakespeare whose vocabulary is disordered, and might be attempting to warn us that there are other kinds of material in close proximity which would (or should) worry us more. Anything is possible, and it might have something to do with money laundering, or not.</p>
<p>Keep Clear Badgers<br />
<strong>Caution Bran Flakes</strong> this one is just plain <em>nice.</em>
</p>andhrimnir on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523&page=2#post-17887
Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:30:22 +0000andhrimnir17887@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>Slow worms
</p>MrChigleysAunt on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523&page=2#post-17884
Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:51:26 +0000MrChigleysAunt17884@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>I've been toying with some ideas for other signs I'd like to see in cars:<br />
Caution Grebes<br />
Watch out, Eels<br />
Caution, Plague Spores in Transit<br />
Alluvial Deposits on Board<br />
Keep Clear Badgers<br />
Caution Bran Flakes<br />
Lemon Zest Ahoy.
</p>The All New Jeni B on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523&page=2#post-17859
Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:39:03 +0000The All New Jeni B17859@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>We've got some under our deck sauce, you can have them.</p>
<p>Also some in several of the trees in our wood, so plenty to go around.<br />
I must insist that you catch and transport them yourself, I'm far to beezy this weekend.
</p>sauce on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523&page=2#post-17836
Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:19:21 +0000sauce17836@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>My Micra just has a bumper sticker: "I embarrass my kids". Bees would be much more exciting. Especially with the kids.</p>
<p>We're actually contemplating aquiring some bees.
</p>Hunter F. Thompson on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523&page=2#post-17818
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:37:57 +0000Hunter F. Thompson17818@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>So don't snitch it: this is going to be a sketch and perhaps I will ask Mr Aunt and Mr beC to embroider bits and pieces. shall we give it a buzz?
</p>Hunter F. Thompson on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523#post-17817
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:04:59 +0000Hunter F. Thompson17817@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>Mr Aunt, I for one am extremely pleased with your supposition that the sign in question was one of a clutch of collectible misprints of a leaflet put out by one of the recently demised quangoes tasked with looking into, reporting on and applying appropriate remedies to the sharp decline in bee populations. Having been given the mission, they then proceeded to organise it pissup in brewerywise style, and as a by-product, not only did the bee population accelerate its' sad decline, but bees persistently refused to assemble at given rallying points, or consent in any way shape or form, to do their bidding. Or, indeed, to be transported to any destination of the quango's choice, such that the thoroughly documented event, the transhumance of a billion bees - which did not take place - was discovered to have been wholly misrepresented in the the leaflets, handouts and other snazzy jawbone concepts such as those with which quangoes are doomed to toy. Having a large remainder in the off-balance sheet budget awarded for the production of the report, strategic plan and application of remedies, a special directors' meeting had quietly decided to spend the rest of the cash on beer. To this effect they ordered party hats, vuvulezas, kegs and a marquee.</p>
<p>Yes: the signs were supposed to say "Beer in Transit", and to the shame of the quango tasked with the augmentation of the bee population, they came from the printers in bundles of 500, 17, to be exact, signalling an event which had been cancelled, due to their ineptitude. </p>
<p>This will explain why, Mr Aunt, you spotted in the back window of a Nissan Micra a misprinted sign indicating "Bees in Transit" when the vehicle did not in fact contain any bees at all. Couldn't have (see above).</p>
<p>I am so relieved that we have at last put our finger on the nub of the problem, seized the nettle and settled the mystery.
</p>Mr.3374 on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523#post-17816
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:01:32 +0000Mr.337417816@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>I should come up with a stinging reply here, but can't.....
</p>QorbeQ on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523#post-17815
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:54:32 +0000QorbeQ17815@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>It must be a pain grating enough to make even one cinnamon whirl though.
</p>The All New Jeni B on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523#post-17814
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:52:30 +0000The All New Jeni B17814@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>Ooh, must have a look. Maybe I can get some cinnamon bees.
</p>Mr.3374 on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523#post-17813
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:50:22 +0000Mr.337417813@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>Bees are ok, if you get English honey bees.<br />
My dad could have, but opted for a colony of hyper productive very aggressive African bees, nearly stung his dog to death for trotting within 100 yards of the hive.<br />
He had to pour ether into the hive the stun the brutes to get 3 stone of honey out.<br />
Made wasps seem level headed.<br />
Nice honey, though.
</p>QorbeQ on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523#post-17812
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:44:13 +0000QorbeQ17812@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>They must be the ones that make clear honey. Presumably you can buy set bees too.
</p>MrChigleysAunt on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523#post-17810
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:39:09 +0000MrChigleysAunt17810@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>Hey, look at this:<a href="http://www.beekeeping.co.uk/catalogue/NBS_26.pdf">Beginning with bees</a>. You can buy a Caution Bees in Transit sign. And a Keep Clear Bees sign. What are clear bees?
</p>MrChigleysAunt on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523#post-17808
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:23:11 +0000MrChigleysAunt17808@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>No, Mr Thompson, I'm pretty sure that it was just the Micra. I saw no sign of a following vehicle or extra wide load or anything. Just, to my simple mind, a car with bees in it.<br />
Mr 3374 has set me thinking though. His father's trailer method seems to be the right way to go about transporting bees. The more I think about it, the less bee-friendly a Micra seems. I suggest that either the occupants were being unwittingly cruel by overloading a such a small car with bees, or they were showing off - using a large and eye-catching sign to compensate for the fact that they had only the small number of bees that any of us could get just by opening the car windows on a hot summer's day.
</p>QorbeQ on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523#post-17801
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:24:53 +0000QorbeQ17801@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>Or, perchance, a typo on a 'Caution, beer in transit' sign, in which case extra special care should have been taken to protect the precious cargo...
</p>QorbeQ on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523#post-17798
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:16:16 +0000QorbeQ17798@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>Stretching things to breaking point, perhaps 'bees in transit' was an anagram especially designed for Rikkor?</p>
<p>Rein ass, bitten.
</p>Mr.3374 on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523#post-17797
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:14:28 +0000Mr.337417797@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>When my dad kept bees, when he first acquired them the hive was on a trailer behind his car, with a feckin big swarm following.<br />
I don't think he needed a sign....
</p>Hunter F. Thompson on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523#post-17795
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:00:14 +0000Hunter F. Thompson17795@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>Otherwise it remains a mystery, of course. As well it may.
</p>Hunter F. Thompson on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523#post-17793
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:57:46 +0000Hunter F. Thompson17793@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>From whichever perspective we consider this sighting, none of them make sense. Had it been a sign to be displayed over a more likely location for bees, then the sign would have needed to say "Bees [in a more likely destination]". Had it indeed been a question of actual bees actually being aboard a Nissan Micra, then in my view it would have been most unlikely that Mr Chigley's aging and venerated relative would have sighted them on the way to anywhere from anywhere, bees being naturally inclined to interfere with focused activities of any sort. </p>
<p>And yet, here we have a Nissan Micra with a sign in the window advising caution on the pretext that "bees" were/are "in Transit." It may well have been the advance vehicle for a wide load of an extremely large number of crates of bees in transit on an extremely large following vehicle.</p>
<p>Did you notice anything like that, Mr Aunt?
</p>QorbeQ on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523#post-17787
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:34:31 +0000QorbeQ17787@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>Perhaps it was a poor attempt at warning that bees can be somewhat intransigent?
</p>edward hack on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523#post-17785
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:25:23 +0000edward hack17785@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>It could have been the Brentford FC squad travelling to an away game...Nissan Micra sounds about right
</p>PluckyMunky on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523#post-17760
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:44:40 +0000PluckyMunky17760@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>Ah! Some of you may have fallen into the trap that I think is called the 'naturalistic fallacy'. The driver of the Nissan may have been taking the sign home. It does not, automatically, follow that bees were being transported in the car. It may later have been displayed over a large collection of beehives.</p>
<p>I hope this helps. xx
</p>PluckyMunky on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523#post-17758
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:32:48 +0000PluckyMunky17758@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>Mr Aunt, thank you very much for the very complete explanation of your name. It was very interesting. Yours, Plucky.
</p>simonjmr on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523#post-17748
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:41:21 +0000simonjmr17748@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>Bloody lazy bees - why can't they fly. It's no wonder bees are disappearing if they can't be arsed to fly and they have to be chauffered everywhere.
</p>MrChigleysAunt on "Bees"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=6523#post-17746
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:37:23 +0000MrChigleysAunt17746@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>Which reminds me, andhrimnir, of a sign that always annoys me - "Caution, I slow down for horses".<br />
I always want to add "I was well brought up too, but I'm not all smug about it."<br />
As for Child on Board signs, I believe that the real reason for them is so that, if a car crashes, the emergency services need to be aware that there may be a child hidden amongst the wreckage. I wonder if there was a "Little Princess on Board" in Princess Diana's car.
</p>